Photos: UPS cargo plane crash, 2 killed

August 14, 2013

In this handout photo provided by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), NTSB workers inspect the wreckage of a UPS cargo plane that crashed in a field outside of Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport August 14, 2013 in Birmingham, Alabama. (Photo by NTSB via Getty Images) ( 176509965 )

A UPS cargo plane lies on a hill at Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport after crashing on approach, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013, in Birmingham, Ala. Toni Herrera-Bast, a spokeswoman for Birmingham's airport authority, says there are no homes in the immediate area of the crash. (AP Photo/Butch Dill) ( UPS Plane Crash )

Fire crews arrive on scene of a plane crash at the Birmingham International Airport in Birmingham, Ala., on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013. An airport spokeswoman says the large UPS cargo plane that crashed went down in an open field just outside the airport. (AP Photo/Butch Dill) ( UPS Plane Crash )

Fire crews assess damage on a street where a UPS cargo plane knocked down trees and power lines as it crashed at the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport in Birmingham, Ala., on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Butch Dill) ( UPS Plane Crash )

Investigators search through the debris at the scene of a UPS cargo plane crash at the Birmingham International airport in Birmingham, Ala. on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Butch Dill) ( UPS Plane Crash )

This August 14, 2013 photo provided by the National Transportation Safety Board(NTSB) shows the remains of a UPS cargo plane that crashed Wednesday in a grassy area outside an airport in Birmingham, Alabama and broke into pieces, killing the two-member crew. The Airbus A300 belonging to the freight handling company UPS was traveling from Louisville in Kentucky and crashed while approaching Birmingham airport, about half a mile north of the runway, said Kathleen Bergen, an official with the Federal Aviation Administration. AFP PHOTO / HO / NTSB HO/AFP/Getty Images ( 522087299 )

In this handout photo provided by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), NTSB workers inspect the wreckage of a UPS cargo plane that crashed in a field outside of Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport August 14, 2013 in Birmingham, Alabama. (Photo by NTSB via Getty Images) ( 176509962 )

A National Transportation Safety Board investigator looks over the debris of a UPS A300 cargo plane after it crashed on approach at Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport, Wednesday Aug. 14, 2013, in Birmingham, Ala. The two pilots aboard the aircraft were killed. (AP Photo/Hal Yeager) ( UPS Plane Crash )

Investigators search through the debris at the scene of a UPS cargo plane crash at the Birmingham International airport in Birmingham, Ala. on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Butch Dill) ( UPS Plane Crash )

NTSB investigators remove a large piece of debris from the tail section of the UPS cargo plane that crashed Wednesday on approach to the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport August 15, 2013 in Birmingham, Ala. Investigators found flight recorders on Thursday that could hold important clues about why the UPS jet crashed at Birmingham's airport, killing two pilots. (AP Photo/Hal Yeager) ( UPS Plane Crash )

An NTSB investigator and an unidentified person look over the tail section of the UPS cargo plane that crashed Wednesday on approach to the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013 in Birmingham, Ala. (AP Photo/Hal Yeager) ( UPS Plane Crash )

National Transportation Safety Board investigators remove a black box from the the tail section of the UPS cargo plane that crashed Wednesday on approach to the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013 in Birmingham, Ala. The devices could hold key evidence about what happened as the jet tried to land early but crashed on its approach, killing two pilots. (AP Photo/Hal Yeager) ( UPS Plane Crash )